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. 1988 Feb;100(1):83–90. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800065584

The use of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in epidemiological studies of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

G Hallas 1
PMCID: PMC2249200  PMID: 3123261

Abstract

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cell proteins was investigated as a possible typing method for Corynebacterium diphtheriae. A method was developed using stock strains which were representatives of the five gravis serotypes described by Robinson & Peeney (1936). This technique was then applied to recent isolates sent to our laboratory for identification.

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